Sample sentences for CONCILIATORY

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Definition

intended to end bad feelings or build trust

The form, conciliation, can also mean to mediate a disagreement, or reference a state of good will that follows a reconciliation.

Their statements are conciliatory, but their actions are uncompromising.

conciliatory = intended to end bad feelings or build trust

He was upset with her, but she kept talking in a conciliating tone.

conciliating = attempting to end bad feelings

The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.
Konrad Adenauer

conciliate = end bad feelings or build trust

I'm supposed to say something here, something to make him feel better, but I don't. I'm not feeling particularly conciliatory.
Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants

conciliatory = (in the mood) to end bad feelings or build trust

I did, I suppose, hope that she might finally relent a little and make some conciliatory response or other, allowing us once and for all to put the whole episode behind us.
Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day

conciliatory = intended to end bad feelings or build trust

Ashe attempted some conciliatory remark and he just shrugged irritably.
John Le Carre -- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

conciliatory = intended to end bad feelings

In addition, four pigeons were sent to Foxwood with a conciliatory message, which it was hoped might re-establish good relations with Pilkington.
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

conciliatory = intended to end bad feelings or build trust

New Atlanta liked Rhett no better than old Atlanta had done and he made as little attempt to conciliate the one as he had the other.
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind

conciliate = end bad feelings or build trust

Napoleon very soon lost hope of conciliating the Russians,
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot

conciliating = attempting to end bad feelings or build trust

One rationale for seeking more female politicians is that women supposedly excel in empathy and forging consensus and thus may make, on average, more peaceful and conciliatory leaders than men.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky

conciliatory = ending bad feelings and building trust

it was not his soul which was in question, but his life (since he lacked that precious conciliator, which places itself so effectually between the bandit and the honest man—a purse).
Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame

conciliator = something that ends bad feelings

There is no fault in a king's wish to conciliate a man with whom he has been quick to anger!
Homer -- The Iliad

conciliate = reconcile with (attempt to end bad feelings)

said Berg, glancing round at Natasha, and as if anxious to conciliate her, replying to her intent look with a smile.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace

conciliate = attempt to end bad feelings or build trust

I imagined that they would be disgusted, until, by my gentle demeanour and conciliating words, I should first win their favour and afterwards their love.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

conciliating = attempting to end bad feelings or build trust

"Maybe," I said feebly, "he's trying to be conciliatory and see the point of view of the other side."
Joy Kogawa -- Obasan

conciliatory = end bad feelings

Also he saw one dog, that would neither conciliate nor obey, finally killed in the struggle for mastery.
Jack London -- The Call of the Wild

conciliate = attempted to end bad feelings or build trust

He was so extremely conciliatory in his manner that he seemed to apologize to the very newspaper for taking the liberty of reading it.
Charles Dickens -- David Copperfield

conciliatory = a manner intended to avoid ill will with others

HECTOR. Very well. You'll dine with us, Dad, won't you?
MALONE. [eager to conciliate him] Yes, yes.
George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman

conciliate = attempt to end bad feelings or build trust

His face was conciliatory, pleading.
Stephenie Meyer -- The Host

conciliatory = trying to end bad feelings or build trust

The possibility of some conciliatory message from the general occurred to her as his daughter appeared.
Jane Austen -- Northanger Abbey

conciliatory = intended to end bad feelings or build trust

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